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An oral historian is bringing to light a period in Lithgow's industrial history he describes as a 'pretty horrible time' but one which gave birth to a collection of colourful song, poems and stories.
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One of the great British songwriters of our time, Mike Scott is also one of rock musics survivors. Since forming The Waterboys in London in 1983 hes outlasted most of his peers, and the winds of fashion, to become one of the worlds best-loved musicians with classic songs like 'The Pan Within', 'The ...

Acclaimed baritone and leading accompanist have recorded all three of Schubert's song cycles. This track is taken from their recording of Die schne Mllerin D795 which was composed in 1823 to words by Wilhelm Muller. Track Title: Das Wandern Artist: Florian Boesch (baritone) and Malcolm ...

Kate Llewellyn is one of Australia's most prolific and diverse writers covering many genres including poetry, travel writing, essays, autobiography and her own hybrid of the journal. She started keeping a journal in 1964 and says even though nothing much would probably happen in she stopped, ...